(ii) He also said that HG Wells was an exception to anything he said so maybe The Time Machine was also an exception?
(iii) Also, he had not as yet read Poul Anderson's Time Patrol series.
(iv) He thought that Heinlein's three contributions were very limited applications of the circular causality paradox.
(v) He was interested in writing a novel based on the finite-spinning-universe theory of time travel with the plot arising out of the means of time travel.
(vi) Maybe Blish's world-line cruiser traveling from 8873 to 8704 was a precursor of such a novel?
While it is not clear that any of this would have improved time travel fiction, it would have been interesting to read Blish's proposed novel.
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Kaor, Paul!
And I disagree with what Blish said about Wells' THE TIME MACHINE. That story was a pioneer, but not the best in its sub-genre. That honor belongs to Anderson's time traveling stories.
Ad astra! Sean
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